[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 173 (Thursday, December 13, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H10058-H10059]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    LACK OF ACTION IS DISAPPOINTING

  (Mr. RYUN of Kansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RYUN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, in the aftermath of the September 11 
attacks, we saw our Nation unite as never before. For a time this unity 
exhibited itself in Washington in a refreshing spirit of 
bipartisanship.
  Unfortunately, today while the American people remain united behind 
the war, some in the other body are united behind the majority leader 
in their desire to obstruct certain important pieces of legislation. 
Here in the

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House we passed an economic stimulus package, a ban on human cloning, a 
faith-based bill, an energy bill, just to name a few. What action has 
the other body taken on these items in response? Absolutely none.
  To borrow a word from the majority leader in the other body, this 
lack of action is disappointing.
  All of us in Congress are sent here to get a job done. The leader of 
the other body should not be allowed to single-handedly derail the 
people's business.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge the people on the other side of the Capitol to 
put business over politics and allow votes on these important bills.

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